which weight distribution to buy
hello and thanks for reading my post I'm in the market for a new travel trailer and I'm trying to decide which hitch to buy. I plan to pull the trailer with my 2014 Toyota tundra that has a 5.7 mo...
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APT wrote:
Length doesn't matter - weights do.
I would absolutely challenge that notion. Increased length equates to sway (think longer lever arm...) which many 1/2 tons do not handle well
Even if you had a 7000lb 35ft trailer and a 7000lb 25ft trailer they are not going to tow the same. Even if they had the same "static" tongue weights when sitting still the 35ft trailer is going to have much more tongue weight under varying conditions while on the road. Think of a trailer as a teeter todder. THe longer the trailer the more forces that are going to be exerted on the tongue under varying road conditions.
